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Arctic surveillance is the result of East-West political tensions in the polar regionsTHE MIL & AERO BLOG, 3 March 2015. What's going on in the Arctic? Rising political tensions between East and West are giving rise to a new generation of rugged Arctic surveillance sensor technologies that are designed to detect and track aircraft, surface ships, submarines, and even cold-weather warfighters on foot. |
DARPA seeks technologies to improve infantry effectiveness against unseen, unconventional enemyARLINGTON, Va., 26 Feb. 2015. U.S. military researchers are asking industry to find news ways to make small units of infantry warfighters more effectively and deadly using existing infantry weapons and unmanned systems. |
DARPA approaches industry for unmanned sensors to monitor Arctic land, sea, and air trafficARLINGTON, Va., 25 Feb. 2015. U.S. military researchers are asking industry to develop unmanned sensors able to operate in harsh environments to monitor surface, aircraft, and submarine traffic above the Arctic Circle. |
Army to buy more than 2,000 Hellfire missiles for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and AustraliaREDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 25 Feb. 2015. U.S. Army anti-armor missile experts are ordering more than 2,000 U.S.-made Hellfire II tactical missiles for the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and Australia. |
Air Force asks Northrop Grumman to beef-up cyber security for BACN battlefield communicationsHANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., 18 Feb. 2015. Military communications experts at Northrop Grumman Corp. are beefing-up a major airborne battlefield communications system to protect it from computer hackers and other cyber security threats. |
Army to build special UAV airport at Fort Bliss, TexasU.S. Army unmanned vehicles experts are building a special airport for Grey Eagle and Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the Fort Bliss Army post near El Paso, Texas, to support the Army's 1st Armored Division. |
Navy orders Blackjack small tactical UAVsU.S. Navy officials are buying three new RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical UAVs to provide surveillance capability for U.S. Marine Corps and Navy tactical commanders. |
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